From the course: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
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Simple problem-solving models
From the course: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Simple problem-solving models
- I occasionally do an experiment on my graduate student teams. I tell them to make a decision, and then I give some of them a structure for making that decision, often something as simple as I want everyone to offer their opinion about the option before you vote on a final choice. And then I give the others no structure at all. What happens is exactly what research says will happen. The teams that have just that little bit of structure make substantially better decisions and better manage their conflict. Interestingly, research shows that any structure leads to this improvement, but not that necessarily more structure does. I want to show you a couple simple problem-solving methods you can use with your groups to introduce a little bit of structure to help you make better decisions and solve problems more effectively. The first is called the nominal group technique. This can be done with limited time and is an ideal…
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